nostr:npub186sn5wsyd3nkatggdesfu8u8nl4mehjgfrpxzf8afu2uhwdlux9qrl54uq 3 years later, July 1985, you could buy an Atari ST with 8MHz 68000, 512KB RAM, and a 640x400 monochrome monitor for $800 (list price). Another year later you could get it with a whopping 1MB RAM and internal floppy drive for $1000. It made a decent X Windows workstation, as well as a good programmer's machine. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST: